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Encounter Conditions
Initial Text
Along the waterfront, you see some barrels of what look like industrial waste and smell… strangely earthy. However, you know they're actually punch being brought in for the Halloween party.
Apparently they're being stored here until the day of to prevent tampering. And who would crack open a barrel of "industrial" waste?
Summary of Choices
- Take a drink - something happens
- Break a barrel - something happens
- Break the barrel you tried - (After taking a drink, available until you pick this option)
- Add liquified Eclipse - something happens (With liquified Eclipse in inventory)
- Add Slags Antidote - something happens (With Slags antidote in inventory)
- Leave them be - Walk Away
Choice Text and Results
Take a drink
For an Eclipse-spiked barrel:
You pop open one of the barrels, which seems strangely convenient, and pour out a little to drink.
It tastes like grave dirt… maybe not exactly the flavor for a Halloween party.
You've gained 5 duration of Etheric. (Modified by Eclipse duration)
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You pop open one of the barrels, which seems strangely convenient, and pour out a little to drink.
It tastes like grave dirt… maybe not exactly the flavor for a Halloween party.
You've gained 5 duration of Etheric. (Modified by Eclipse duration)
That stuff has some kick!
You've gained 5 duration of No Pain.
You've gained 5 duration of Earthy Buzz.
For a Slags Antidote-spiked barrel:
You pop open one of the barrels, which seems strangely convenient, and pour out a little to drink.
Despite the earthy smell, it tastes strongly of pumpkin… or at least what candy tells you pumpkin tastes like. It's probably a good flavor for Halloween..
You've gained 5 duration of Residual Antidote.
That stuff has some kick!
You've gained 5 duration of No Pain.
You've gained 5 duration of Earthy Buzz.
Otherwise:
You pop open one of the barrels, which seems strangely convenient, and pour out a little to drink.
It's every bit as earthy as the scent promised, with some strangely sweet notes.
You've gained 5 duration of Sugar Rush.
That stuff has some kick!
You've gained 5 duration of No Pain.
You've gained 5 duration of Earthy Buzz.
Break a barrel
You hole the side of a barrel and tip it over.
Incredibly earthy liquid spills over the floor.
If it had Eclipse:
You hole the side of a barrel and tip it over.
Incredibly earthy liquid spills over the floor, curling between the concrete dock in complex organic shapes.
If it had Slags antidote:
You hole the side of a barrel and tip it over.
Incredibly earthy liquid spills over the floor leaving a greasy black residue.
Break the barrel you tried
Probably multiple variants here?
You track down the barrel you tried, punch a hole in its side and leave it to drain out.
Incredibly earthy liquid spills over the floor, curling between the concrete dock in complex organic shapes.
Huh, maybe that wasn't the right barrel after all.
Add liquified Eclipse
You stir the Eclipse into the punch, watching as complex organic patterns form and break along the surface.
(Lose 1 liquified Eclipse)
Or? Conditions unknown
You stir the Eclipse into the punch, almost leaping back as it fizzes and pops.
(Lose 1 liquified Eclipse)
Or?
You stir the Eclipse into the punch. Complex organic patterns form, but rapidly dissolve into the punch.
(Lose 1 liquified Eclipse)
Add Slags Antidote
You stir the antidote into the punch, almost leaping back as it fizzes and pops.
(Lose 1 Slags antidote)
Or:
You stir the antidote into the punch. There's enough punch that the streaks disappear into the dark liquid.
(Lose 1 Slags antidote)
Or:
You stir the antidote into the punch, leaving it with distinctive shimmering streaks. Hmmmm.
(Lose 1 Slags antidote)
Leave them be
Yeah, there'll be plenty of time for punch on Halloween proper.
See Walk Away